SOC205H1 Lecture Notes - Manicure, Anglo-Irish Big House, New Urbanism
Document Summary
Globalization, neoliberal politics and the commodification of urban space, resulting in , And increase in world slums and shantytowns. Pictures: a kid playing with a mock lawn machine in the suburb. According to statistics canada, defined by: political/ municipal boundaries, distance from cbd, housing density (less density, single-family housing. Hard to get into a mix use neighbourhood, design to waste space, to give a sense of community (exclusion) Changes in family structure, brought about by the industrial revolution: manufacturing home. Post ir, families became a place to focus on relationships, emotion, affection, etc. Now time together was time away from work. Ir: those who could afford to , moved away from dirty, smelly, crowded city centre. Increasing popularity of the car (late 19th c, early 1900s) meant more people could live in suburbs and work in city. Massive development post ww2 in britain & us. The suburban ideal had reached its zenith: the 50s suburban - the white middle class.
